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Eliot Herman
Mayhll NM
01/31/2022
02:00 am

Equipment Details:

iTelescope T2 a 150 mm Takahashi refractor

Post-processing Details:

Astropixelprocessor stack of 5 x 150 sec and photoshop

Image Details:

Comet AtlasC/2019 had a nice conjunction with NGC 2266 an old star cluster that is about the same magnitude as the comet and has a diverse population of stars including red, blue, and yellow making for a nice composition. This is from the first night of a the two nights where the comet and cluster will be in the field of view of the telescope.